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Table 165.Enrollment and staff in, and degrees conferred by, institutions of higher education and noncollegiate postsecondary institutions: 1992-93 and fall 1993

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                          |           |          Institutions of higher education               |    Noncollegiate postsecondary institutions
  Level of institutional  |    All    |_________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________
      accreditation,      |   post-   |           |           |            Private              |            |        |            Private
   type of degree, and    | secondary |   Total   |  Public   |_________________________________|   Total    | Public |______________________________
      sex of student      |           |           |           |  Total   |Nonprofit |Proprietary|            |        | Total  |Nonprofit|Proprietary
__________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|________|_________|___________
            1             |     2     |     3     |     4     |    5     |    6     |     7     |     8      |   9    |   10   |   11    |    12
__________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|________|_________|___________
                          |                                    Enrollment, fall 1993
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Total ....................|15,333,371 |14,305,658 |11,189,088 |3,116,570 |2,889,752 |   226,818 |  1,027,713 |341,367 |686,346 | 168,207 |   518,139
  4-year institutions ....| 8,739,791 | 8,739,791 | 5,851,760 |2,888,031 |2,803,395 |    84,636 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Men ..................| 4,082,257 | 4,082,257 | 2,739,819 |1,342,438 |1,292,763 |    49,675 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Women ................| 4,657,534 | 4,657,534 | 3,111,941 |1,545,593 |1,510,632 |    34,961 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year institutions ....| 5,565,867 | 5,565,867 | 5,337,328 |  228,539 |   86,357 |   142,182 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Men ..................| 2,345,459 | 2,345,459 | 2,244,692 |  100,767 |   33,834 |    66,933 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Women ................| 3,220,408 | 3,220,408 | 3,092,636 |  127,772 |   52,523 |    75,249 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2 year\1\ ....| 1,027,713 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |  1,027,713 |341,367 |686,346 | 168,207 |   518,139
    Men ..................|   396,693 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |    396,693 |161,344 |235,349 |  88,134 |   147,215
    Women ................|   631,020 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |    631,020 |180,023 |450,997 |  80,073 |   370,924
                          |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|===========|============|========|========|=========|===========
                          |                                        Staff, fall 1991
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total ....................| 2,662,085 | 2,545,235 | 1,783,328 |  761,907 |  742,924 |    18,983 |    116,850 | 29,054 | 87,796 |  24,966 |    62,830
  Professional staff .....| 1,693,416 | 1,595,460 | 1,133,264 |  462,196 |  447,795 |    14,401 |     97,956 | 23,154 | 74,802 |  19,497 |    55,305
    Administrative .......|   162,647 |   144,755 |    84,446 |   60,309 |   58,023 |     2,286 |     17,892 |  1,815 | 16,077 |   3,604 |    12,473
    Faculty ..............|   893,843 |   826,252 |   580,908 |  245,344 |  236,066 |     9,278 |     67,591 | 18,450 | 49,141 |  13,567 |    35,574
    Faculty assistants ...|   197,946 |   197,751 |   173,560 |   24,191 |   24,054 |       137 |        195 |      0 |    195 |     111 |        84
    Other professionals ..|   438,980 |   426,702 |   294,350 |  132,352 |  129,652 |     2,700 |     12,278 |  2,889 |  9,389 |   2,215 |     7,174
  Nonprofessional staff ..|   968,669 |   949,775 |   650,064 |  299,711 |  295,129 |     4,582 |     18,894 |  5,900 | 12,994 |   5,469 |     7,525
Student/staff ratio ..... |       5.7 |       5.6 |       6.3 |      4.0 |      3.8 |      12.1 |        7.9 |    9.8 |    7.3 |     6.1 |       7.8
                          |===========|===========|===========|==========|==========|===========|============|========|========|=========|===========
                          |                                    Degrees conferred, 1992-93
                          |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Less than 1 year awards   |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
 and 1- to 4-year awards .| 1,086,426 |   217,781 |   157,931 |   59,850 |   13,446 |    46,404 |    868,645 |208,365 |660,280 |  72,669 |   587,611
  4-year institutions ....|    19,794 |    19,794 |     9,408 |   10,386 |    8,651 |     1,735 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Men ..................|     9,136 |     9,136 |     4,941 |    4,195 |    3,379 |       816 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Women ................|    10,658 |    10,658 |     4,467 |    6,191 |    5,272 |       919 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year institutions ....|   197,987 |   197,987 |   148,523 |   49,464 |    4,795 |    44,669 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Men ..................|    86,673 |    86,673 |    65,322 |   21,351 |    2,277 |    19,074 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Women ................|   111,314 |   111,314 |    83,201 |   28,113 |    2,518 |    25,595 |        --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |       ---
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2 year .......|   868,645 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |    868,645 |208,365 |660,280 |  72,669 |   587,611
    Men ..................|   312,613 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |    312,613 |105,282 |207,331 |  32,686 |   174,645
    Women ................|   556,032 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |    556,032 |103,083 |452,949 |  39,983 |   412,966
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Associate\2\ .............|   533,503 |   514,756 |   430,321 |   84,435 |   47,713 |    36,722 |     18,747 |  2,297 | 16,450 |   1,864 |    14,586
  4-year .................|    77,995 |    76,327 |    38,549 |   37,778 |   29,716 |     8,062 |      1,668 |    --- |  1,668 |     929 |       739
    Men ..................|    33,874 |    33,063 |    15,805 |   17,258 |   11,914 |     5,344 |        811 |    --- |    811 |     506 |       305
    Women ................|    44,121 |    43,264 |    22,744 |   20,520 |   17,802 |     2,718 |        857 |    --- |    857 |     423 |       434
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  2-year .................|   455,496 |   438,429 |   391,772 |   46,657 |   17,997 |    28,660 |     17,067 |  2,286 | 14,781 |     935 |    13,846
    Men ..................|   185,985 |   178,901 |   157,234 |   21,667 |    8,030 |    13,637 |      7,084 |  1,117 |  5,967 |     244 |     5,723
    Women ................|   269,511 |   259,528 |   234,538 |   24,990 |    9,967 |    15,023 |      9,983 |  1,169 |  8,814 |     691 |     8,123
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
  Less than 2 year .......|        12 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |         12 |     11 |      1 |     --- |         1
    Men ..................|        11 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |         11 |     11 |    --- |     --- |       ---
    Women ................|         1 |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |       --- |          1 |    --- |      1 |     --- |         1
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Bachelor's\2\ ............| 1,174,347 | 1,165,178 |   785,112 |  380,066 |  373,346 |     6,720 |      9,169 |      9 |  9,160 |   7,232 |     1,928
    Men ..................|   537,316 |   532,881 |   358,798 |  174,083 |  169,909 |     4,174 |      4,435 |      1 |  4,434 |   3,496 |       938
    Women ................|   637,031 |   632,297 |   426,314 |  205,983 |  203,437 |     2,546 |      4,734 |      8 |  4,726 |   3,736 |       990
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Master's\2\ ............. |   372,320 |   369,585 |   213,843 |  155,742 |  154,115 |     1,627 |      2,735 |     23 |  2,712 |   1,491 |     1,221
    Men ..................|   170,820 |   169,258 |    94,045 |   75,213 |   74,234 |       979 |      1,562 |      9 |  1,553 |     892 |       661
    Women ................|   201,500 |   200,327 |   119,798 |   80,529 |   79,881 |       648 |      1,173 |     14 |  1,159 |     599 |       560
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
Doctor's\2\ ..............|    42,808 |    42,132 |    27,392 |   14,740 |   14,571 |       169 |        676 |    --- |    676 |     313 |       363
    Men ..................|    26,498 |    26,073 |    17,010 |    9,063 |    8,980 |        83 |        425 |    --- |    425 |     232 |       193
    Women ................|    16,310 |    16,059 |    10,382 |    5,677 |    5,591 |        86 |        251 |    --- |    251 |      81 |       170
                          |           |           |           |          |          |           |            |        |        |         |
First-professional\2\ ....|    77,777 |    75,387 |    29,628 |   45,759 |   45,275 |       484 |      2,390 |     52 |  2,338 |   1,617 |       721
    Men ..................|    46,757 |    45,153 |    17,126 |   28,027 |   27,755 |       272 |      1,604 |     21 |  1,583 |   1,093 |       490
    Women ................|    31,020 |    30,234 |    12,502 |   17,732 |   17,520 |       212 |        786 |     31 |    755 |     524 |       231
__________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|________|_________|___________

\1\Includes institutions that offer non-accredited associate, bachelor's or advanced degree programs. \2\Includes noncollegiate institutions that offer non-accredited degree programs.
---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Enrollment data are preliminary.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment," "Staff," and "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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